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“...[we] has left nothing durable to signalize his stay upon this planet. [we]eventually dies to the honest regret of [our] associates.”

Book:Beyond Life

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Beyond Life

This book delves into the concept of existence beyond physical life, examining various beliefs and theories surrounding the afterlife. more

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James Branch Cabell

James Branch Cabell was an American author born on April 14, 1879, and died on May 5, 1958. Known for his unique humor and satirical style, he is considered one of the most innovative writers in American literary history. more

“Are you afraid of dying?" "I was at first, maybe I still am a little bit. But it's not death that scares me so much as not being alive anymore. It's missing all the things that I would have seen if I hadn't gotten AIDS. Things like my daughter's graduation, her wedding, my grandchildren. I'll never see those things, and that makes me sad.”

Death Fear Dying Aids

Book:Widow, Virgin, Whore

Source: Widow, Virgin, Whore

“The dead do not need aspirin or sorrow, I suppose. but they might need rain. not shoes but a place to walk. not cigarettes, they tell us, but a place to burn. or we're told: space and a place to fly might be the same. the dead don't need me. nor do the living. but the dead might need each other. in fact, the dead might need everything we need and we need so much if we only knew what it was. it is probably everything and we will all probably die trying to get it or die because we don't get it. I hope you will understand when I am dead I got as much as possible.”

Source: The Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems, 1946-1966

“I would far prefer to be told simply to go and die. It's straightforward. But people almost never say, "Die!" Paltry, prudent hypocrites!”

People Death Society Dying Suicide Hypocrisy Hypocrites

Book:The Setting Sun

Source: The Setting Sun

“Death. It is a strange stalker, one that we spend our whole lives running from, some more successful than others.”

Death Dying Suspense Death And Dying Stalking

Book:Do Not Disturb

Source: Do Not Disturb

“The worker picked up Pakhom’s spade, dug a grave, and buried him - six feet from head to heel, exactly the amount of land a man needs.”

Life Death Wealth Poverty Dying Living Greed Life And Death

Book:How Much Land Does a Man Need? and Other Stories

Source: How Much Land Does a Man Need? and Other Stories

“I hate my left hand. I hate to look at it. I hate it when it stutters and trembles and reminds me that my identity is gone. But I look at it anyway; because it also reminds me that I'm going to find the boy who took everything away from me. I'm going to kill the boy who killed me, and when I kill him, I'm going to do it with my left hand.”

Pain Death Dying Killing

Book:The Sea of Tranquility

Source: The Sea of Tranquility

“A heart, once stolen, can never be taken back.”

Love Heart Cath

Book:Heartless

Source: Heartless

“Sufficiently simple natural structures are predictable but uncontrollable, whereas sufficiently complex symbolic descriptions are controllable but unpredictable.”

Philosophy Science Complexity Systems

Author:Howard Pattee

“Though I had no respect for Jack Lewis, I respected the hole in his chest. He was dying, and you owe the dying your attention.”

Death Dying

Book:We, the Drowned

Source: We, the Drowned

“My ghost is the only soul who ever comes to cry on my grave... Only the skies cried sincerely on my funeral.”

Soul Romance Death Sacrifice Mystery Sadness Dying Cry Young Adult Ghost Nightmare Melancholy Sincere Funeral Dead Crying Gothic Cemetery Graveyard Grave Skies Nightmarish Odda

Book:Nightmarish Sacrifice

Source: Nightmarish Sacrifice

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